Protected interwar pubs
The Royal Oak, Bethnal Green
The Royal Oak, Bethnal Green, is listed for the following reasons:
Architectural interest: a traditionally-styled façade using rich materials and characterising the Truman’s brand, probably by one of the leading pub architects of the period.
Intactness: a largely unaltered exterior occupying a prominent position in the heart of the Colombia Road Flower Market;
Interiors: a well-surviving, restrained scheme of interior decoration on the ground floor, with good-quality inlaid panelling and a Vitrolite ceiling, and on the first floor the unusual survival of a bar counter.